Gun Rights And Gun Control Essay

Guns In The United States
Jessica Vandeventer
POS 111 American Government
April 14, 2016 The United States has had guns Since the Beginning. The people of the United States won their country with the assistance of guns. The people of the United States have used their gun in protecting themselves from harm. Today the United States has two groups of people those who want to put control on Guns and those who want to keep their guns. There are the people who do not want guns in the hand of every citizen and want to put controls on the ownerships of guns. Some of these people want to ban guns entirely. Yet there are also some citizens who want to keep guns in open use for the public. The debate is whether or not to allow United states citizens to bear arms or to use gun control in the United states. Eric Arnesen shares that “gun rights and gun control have been high on the list of issues in the cultural war sharply dividing Americans.”1 The United States Government, both Federal and State, are debating this question and are trying to come up with answers to the questions. They are also trying to come to a conclusion whether the United States citizens should be allowed to have guns, or if they should put controls on the use of firearms. Base upon the Second Amendment of the Constitution the people believe that it is their right to own their guns without government trying to put controls on their rights as citizens of the United States of America. The Citizens of the…

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